Think of some great minds you like.You will probably find that their success didn't come ejye.aiily.As "Father of Hybrid Rice（雜交水稻）"，Yuan Longping got over great difficulties and spent his whole life working to increase rice production and helping to feed the country with the largest population.
   Wu Mengchao，the "Father of Chinese Hepatobiliary Surgery（肝膽外科）"，focused on saving people's lives for nearly eighty years.He did more than 16，000 operations during his life.Holding the surgeon's knife for such a long time deformed his fingers but he still kept doing operations.Wu once said， "It would be my greatest happiness if I could work at the operating table until the last moment of my life. "
   In 1969，in order to solve the problem of treating malaria（瘧疾），Tu Youyou，worked as head of a research team.They did different kinds of experiments.However，the results were not satisfactory.Instead of giving up，they kept trying.Finally，in 1972，they made it!In 2015，at the age of 85，she received the Nobel Prize.
   Thomas Edison，the inventor of the light bulb believed that every failure was a step towards success.He once said， "If I find 10，000 ways that won't work，I haven't failed.I am not discouraged，because every wrong try is another step forward. "
   Sometimes，their success was a surprise，even to themselves，even after a long time of their hard work.The famous scientist Alexander Fleming said， "When I woke up just after daybreak on 28th September，1928，I just began another busy day with my research as I did many days and nights before.And I certainly didn't plan to make a great difference to all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic（抗生素）.But I guess that was exactly what I did. ""
   Some people only became successful after their deaths.The artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting all through his life and that was to a friend.But he kept painting and he painted more than 2000 artworks in the following ten years.Now his paintings are very popular and they sell for millions of pounds.
   One thing all these people have in common is that they never give up and stick to their goals no matter what happens.

（1）The underlined phrase deformed his fingers means

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A．changing the shape of his fingers
B．making his fingers stronger
C．making his fingers quicker
D．cutting off his fingers
（2）Before Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic，he

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A．felt so tired that he couldn't stay awake
B．planned to study all kinds of medicine
C．knew exactly what his success meant
D．had no idea he was going to make it
（3）What can we know about the great minds from the article？

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A．Yuan Longping succeeded in feeding every country in the world.
B．Tu Youyou's team spent about 3 years solving themalaria problem.
C．Thomas Edison tried 10，000 ways before inventing the light bulb.
D．Vincent Van Gogh painted 2，001 artworks during his whole life.
（4）What does the writer mainly want to tell us？

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A．Goals can't be realized by everyone.
B．Difficulties can always lead to greatness.
C．Great success can be achieved naturally.
D．Following your dreams can result in success.